Obviously HRH would have seen many hats over the years and would not choose to stop to speak to someone for the purpose of criticising their hat, including a hat worn in honour of his wife, the Queen.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

At a time when the world looks to us for clarity of purpose, activist naysayers should not be chosen to speak abroad under the State Department banner.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: kumbaya

Sometimes, the numbers speak for themselves, and getting hung up their presentation serves only to distract us from the purpose of the data.

FORBES: Reading Charts

The purpose behind our agreeing to speak at the conference was to shake the plan sponsor audience out of its complacency, providing a counterpoint to the defense lawyers and industry participants that had been telling sponsors all the recent uproar about 401k mismanagement was much ado about nothing.

FORBES: Corporate Sponsors Agree: 401(k) Plan Results Don't Matter (April 8, 2008)